February/March 2017 will see legendary New York thrashers ANTHRAX back on European soil for the band’s first full European headline tour in more than a decade. Dubbed the “Among The Kings” tour, dates will kick off on 9th February in Birmingham, UK and wrap on up in Paris, France on 16th March; the full itinerary is below. On all of these dates and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release, ANTHRAX will perform live, start-to-finish, their classic and Silver-certified 1987 album “Among The Living” alongside fan favourites from throughout the band’s rich 35-year career. ANTHRAX‘s “Among the Kings” European dates are in support of the band’s critically-acclaimed album “For All Kings” (26 February 16/Nuclear Blast). British metallers THE RAVEN AGE will support on all dates.

A new video, in which rhythm guitarist Scott Ian invites the fans to this upcoming tour, has been launched today. Check it out here:

Have you missed the first trailer from drummer Charlie Benante? Then make sure to watch it here:

Said the band’s Scott Ian about the tour: “Finally! We’ve been looking forward to headlining in Europe for so long. We have a killer set planned, new stuff, old faves, deep tracks and »Among« front to back. You’d better start getting in shape now for the epic wardance. See you soon my friends – cheers!”

In support of this upcoming trek, ANTHRAX will release a limited tour edition of their latest studio album »For All Kings« on February 17th. As well as the regular album it will include ‘Vice Of the People’ (previously only available in Japan) as well as a bonus disc of demo versions.

Drummer Charlie Benante commented on the bonus material:“We’ve included some of the demos from »For All Kings« in this package. We wanted to show the evolution of the songs. The idea of a song can start from a guitar riff or a thought in your head. It then takes shape and goes from my music to Scott’s lyrics to Frank and Joey’s ideas and melodies to Jon’s lead guitar. This is our way of making ANTHRAX music – ENJOY!”

Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada’s ‘The Metal Voice’ recently spoke with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, talking about his book ‘I’m The Man’ and ANTHRAX’s coming new album:

When asked about the music scene when Anthrax first started out.

“At the beginning there was no scene in New York for bands playing their own music, there were just cover bands at the time. We were just a bunch of guys who were into metal and wanted to write our own songs and had a rehearsal space, we there six, seven times nights a week just working on trying to be the best band we could be. By 1984 there was a scene because Raven, Metallica and Anthrax sold out the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, none of us had a major record label deal yet 3500 kids showed up and lost their minds.

Remembering Johnny Z being playing him Metallica’s ‘No life ‘Til Leather’ Demo for the first time

“I remember he played me the ‘No life ‘Til Leather’ demo at his store one day, just blew me away sounded so cool and he told me he’s bringing them to New York and he’s going to make an album and he’s starting his own record company. I was like how do you do that? How are you going to start a record label? How do you even know how to do that? He was honest, I don’t know but nobody else is going to do it. I’ve been playing this demo for every major label and they just stick their fingers in their ears and they throw me out of their office.

When asked about the golden era of metal in the 1980’s

When it comes to heavy metal certainly what happened in the US in the 80’s was a big deal and a lot of people worldwide are still interested in us and Metallica and Slayer, so it just shows what we were doing as kids in the early 80’s really has left a big imprint on this planet. I am glad I can give a peak behind the curtain for people who weren’t a part of it. If you read my book you can kind of just to see what was going on

When asked about which stories did not make it in this book ‘I’m The man’

“Hopefully you’ll read them in book two. I feel like I have more than enough material I don’t know what book 2 is going to be yet it’s obviously not going to be another memoir. So I haven’t really figured out what it’s going to be yet. I’ve got a ton of material

When asked about the up and coming Anthrax album

It’s coming along great we’re going to take a break we head out on tour and be able to get away from it, live with it for awhile and then come back in June and spend another month finishing it up . We’re in a real good zone creatively and I think if you like the last record your really going to love this new one.

Caleb ‘Sick’ Smith of the Heavy Metal Thrash, The Sick Room Podcast recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX and MOTOR SISTER guitarist Scott Ian. During this 15 minute audio interview it was revealed that Anthrax are well underway to completing their 11th studio album and that vocalist Joey Belladonna had been recording vocals all week in the studio.

Guitarist Scott Ian says “I think Worship Music was a great record and we have an even better recording to come”

Watch the interview below.

Anthrax recently contributed Sorror Irrumator to the Game of Thrones Mix Tape II along side metal giants Mastodon. “We obviously felt strong enough to release this is our first song since Worship Music” Ian hints “This is just the tip of the ice berg” suggesting the fans can expect more to come on their 11th studio album. Shadows Fall guitarist Jonathan Donias replaced Robert Caggiano in 2013 who went on to join Volbeat and Anthrax had begun recording lead guitars in studio.

The band will tour the US and Canada soon with plans to return to Australia in 2016.

Scott Ian has debuted his monster rock n roll band MOTOR SISTER‘s “Ride” on the Billboard charts after its first week of release. The album cracked the top 10 with the #9 position on the Billboard New Artist (Heatseekers) chart. Additional chart numbers have been listed below!

ANTHRAX are set to record drums for their next record in the Westeros throne room, according to metalhammer.teamrock.com.

The majestic hall in the fictional city of King’s Landing is where many of the incredible storylines on hit TV show Game Of Thrones are played out – and where the dreaded Iron Throne is kept.

Anthrax main man Scott Ian is a huge fan of the series and has revealed the band will record drums for a new album in the throne room, which forms part of the HBO show’s set in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Ian has a friend who works in HBO’s accounting department and he was introduced to GOT executive producer DB Weiss – who it turns out is an Anthrax fanatic.

Ian tells the Metal Hammer Magazine show on TeamRock Radio: “I asked Dan Weiss ‘Hey man, what would be the possibility of us recording the drums for the next album in the throne room?’ Like we bring a mobile studio and set up the drums, mic everything and record in here. He says ‘Oh my God that would be the sickest thing ever. We know the guys that can make that possible.’ “All of you out there who watch Game Of Thrones, much like me, probably think it is a very metal TV show. And just know, the reason for that is that one of the creators of it is a huge metalhead.”

Ian says the band’s 11th album will be released in 2015.

Listen to the full interview on Wednesday’s episode of the Metal Hammer Magazine Show, on TeamRock Radio from 9pm.

Scott Ian, co-founder and guitarist for ANTHRAX, has been added to the Gene Simmons Rock Camp, March 27th-30th in Las Vegas, NV.

The camp will also feature Tommy Thayer (KISS), SEBASTIAN BACH (SKID ROW), STEVE STEVENS (BILLY IDOL), Dave Ellefson (MEGADETH), STEVE STEVENS, LITA FORD, VINNY APPICE (KILL DEVIL HILL), and Phil Soussan. Together alongside Simmons, they will help musicians of all levels form bands, learn or perfect their knowledge of an instrument, write and record a song. The four day camp will culminate with a live performance at House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas March 27th-30th, 2014. This March marks Simmons’ return to Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp for the first time since October 2012.

“Mentoring adult and young rockers at the Fantasy Camp has always been an amazingly rewarding experience for me,” said Simmons. “I enjoy teaching and handing over lessons I’ve learned from the business to musicians and upcoming talent.”

Space for Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is extremely limited. To sign-up or for more information, call (888) Roc-Band. To register for the camp visit this location.

Heavy Metal and Poker go together like a 100-watt Marshall stack and an ESP Masao Ohmuro Shinigami custom shredder. If nothing quite captures the thrill, the excitement, and the adrenalin rush that one gets from a night of headbanging to the live music of bands like Metallica, Slayer, or Anthrax, one can say the same about the kind of thrills and excitement that one can get from matching wits in a game of high-stakes poker with the likes of Daniel Negreanu or Marvin Rettenmaier.

Poker used to have a less-than-desirable reputation back in the early days, and this was a time before high-stakes World Poker Tour matches and premier partypoker events like the World Series of Poker Europe began to rule the sports airwaves. The card game used to be banned in a lot of places and was once considered a game suited only for people with questionable reputations. Of course, the massive media marketing spots and globally televised tournaments did a lot to change poker’s image and it has since become a fully recognized mind-sport by no less than the International Mind Sports Association.

Maybe this is precisely the reason why the card game attracts a lot of musicians and fans within the heavy metal community. In fact, there are several players in the professional tournament scene who do come from the ranks of professional metalheads around the world. Scott Ian of Anthrax has arguably become a fixture in professional tournaments and he has even sponsored his own online poker game show which he called, Scott Ian’s Home Game. The program even showcased other poker-playing “rock gods” such as Pantera’s Vinnie Paul, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, and Guns N’ Roses’ former guitarist Slash.

On the side of metal fans, there’s also somebody making waves in the professional poker tournament scene, but she is known not for being a professional music artist. Liv Boeree, otherwise known as The Iron Maiden of Poker, has already amassed more than US $2M in total winnings ever since she turned pro. Aside from being a model and a TV personality, Liv Boeree is also known not only as a devoted fan of heavy metal music, but as an accomplished guitar player herself.

Whether it’s on stage or on felt, the same kind of no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners, you-only-live-once attitudes persist in both the poker and heavy metal scenes, so it really comes as no surprise how fans – and players – from both sides gravitate towards each other in more ways than one.